Quality Control & Metadata Technician (Video Archive)
Core
Conduct rigorous quality control checks on newly digitized video files and transcribe/enrich metadata from handwritten logs to ensure archival integrity and searchability.
Role type
Quality Control & Metadata Technician (Video Archive)
Builds
Digitized video assets and enriched metadata records for global news footage
Domain
Media archiving, digitization, and historical news preservation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
video quality control, media handling, digitization, reading handwritten notes, global news/geopolitics knowledge, digital asset management systems, tape-based video formats (Betacam, DVCAM, U-Matic)
Preferred skills
experience with broadcast or historical media archives, pattern recognition, independent work, interest in history and archival preservation
Responsibilities
Conduct QC checks on digitized video files, flag issues for re-digitization, transcribe handwritten shotlists and labels, enrich metadata with names/locations/dates, maintain QC records, follow established workflows
Seniority
Junior, entry-level (0-1 year experience)